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The Things We Cannot Say
by Kelly Rimmer
Alina, who with her husband, Tomasz, immigrated to the US after WWII, suffers a stroke which affects her speech, and try as they may, her family can't understand the meaning of her words or what she would like them to do. Her daughter, a judge in the Florida court system, thinks she has dementia, since nothing makes sense to her, but Alice, the granddaughter has always been close to her Babica, and sees the urgency and passion in her eyes. Eddie, Alice's son, has Aspergers and communicates with a app on his device, which Babica begins to use it to communicate her wishes to her Alice. Between the management of Eddie's life, her husband who thinks she is micromanaging, her high achieving daughter, and her mother's overbearing demeanor, Alice is stressed. Her husband volunteers to manage the home front and arranges a personal guide, airfare, and hotel so she can journey to Poland, and unlock the meaning in Babica's eyes. Dual timelines, one set in WWII Poland and one set in 2019 Florida, compliment each other. Strong characters, who love and sacrifice and leave so much was unsaid, but then it was.